Page 1 of Not My Type, Not Yet.

Less is more they say.

"Fuck off Austine! Turn the sharp gaze down a notch, would you?" he let out a groan while avoiding making eye contact with me.

The corners of my lips rose into a wide fat smirk. "A bet is a bet, my horse won, so money down Alvarez," I extended my hand clearly amused by his troubled expression.

I rested my back against my seat, looking over the finish line where I saw my horse standing first in line. I'm currently at the arena, because this jerk challenged me into a horse race, well not that we will be the one racing but you know the drill. A bet is a bet.

He ruffled his hair in frustration, he clearly didn't anticipate that course of events. Good thing my horse is always in condition to race, guaranteed to always win. Wag kang magyabang kong sa huli olats ka rin pala.

He handed me a stack of cash that I gladly received. There's some resistance but I pull it away forcefully. This one is mine.

"Fuck you!"

"Oh yeah?" I chuckle. I brought the cash into my lips and kissed it. Hmm... it smells like success. "Thank you for your kindhearted donation." I added.

His cut eyebrows lifted in annoyance, "Tangina wala din pala yung ginawa ko," I heard him murmur under his breath.

I threw my head back and sigh, boring. "Clearly, hindi mo chinicheck kong kaninong kabayo yung napuryada mo," I lazily cocked my head in his direction.

Napahinto sya sa pagtayo at bahagyang kumunot ang noo. "Pinagsasabi mo?!" singhal nya.

I shrugged my shoulder at naunang tumayo, I put both of my hands inside my pockets, together with the stack of cash he gave me, "Check your horse, ikaw na mismo ang gumawa ng paraan para matalo ka."

I turn my hills away from him and walk away, easy money. Nilabas ko ang pera mula sa bulsa ko. I licked my thumb and start counting.

"39... hmm 40 not bad," I bob my head as I keep counting. "Alas 50 thousand," I counted the last bill.

I slapped the bills in my palm before clicking my tongue. Well, what goes around comes around. I know from the fact that he will play dirty, so I play dirtier. There's no such thing as fair play in this generation. If you want to win, play the dirtiest.

Bumaba ako at pumunta sa kwadro kong nasaan ang kabayo ko, Thomas grin at me when he spotted me.

"Rack some big cash?" he playfully asked.

"Yeah," I handed him a few blue bills. He's also basically the reason why I won cause he's the one riding it.

"Kaya sayo talaga ako eh!" aniya nang matanggap ang pera.

Walang masyadong tao dito sa arena, halos iilan lang, I bet they just come here to watch the drama unfold between us. Alvarez, I don't know what's with him but he will always find ways to challenge me, and of course everytime he does, he always loses just like now.

In the distance I hear his earful of profanities, A smirk slowly tugging my lips. Before the race, I asked Thomas to switch the stable of our horses. Pinalipat ko ang kabayo nya sa stable ng akin, at don ko nilagay ang kabayo ko sa stable ng kanya.

He probably hired someone to severely injure my horse, pero malas sya at ang kanya ang nadali.

How petty.

Umalis naako don sa arena, I fixed my disheveled jacket before hopping on in my Bently car. I drove exactly 30 minutes before I reached our hacienda. Agad namang bumukas ang gate when I honked the horn of my car.

Once I parked my car, I heard a small voice from the distance calling out my name.

"Kuya Austine is here!"

I chuckled when I saw my sister running towards me in her pink floral dress.

"Elise," I welcomed her in my embrace when she jumped to hug me, she giggled when I kissed her cheeks. "How have you been?" I asked her as I started making my way inside our house.

"I played with pepper, and I picked some flowers, here!" pinakita nya saakin ang daisy na kinuha nya mula sa harden. She put it in my ear and giggled, "You look very handsome kuya, I also made some flower crown for pepper," She's pertaining to our 2-year-old golden retriever.

I tuck her long wavy hair behind her ear, "Did you have fun?" I question her.

She put both of her hands up, "Super! But pepper keeps biting my dress, he even jumps when I put the flower crown on him," she hooted with laughter.

I put her down once nakapasok na kami sa bahay, this house has been passed down from generation to generation, you can tell because of its classic charm with modern functionality.

"You're home," obviously?

I just nodded at her and walked past her. Ayaw kong makipag-usap sa taong naging dahilan kong bakit nasira ang buhay namin. I heard her sigh, and I just ignored her.

"Kumain kana?"

"Nah, I'm good," I answered boredly, making sure that she knows that I don't want to talk to her.

Binaybay kong muli ang hagdan papuntang kwarto ko, I don't want to talk nor see her. I shut my door. I took off my jacket and threw it in my bed. Fuck! My mood is ruined.

I fished out my phone when it vibrated, I saw my two idiots' friends had been messaging our gc. I open it and flop myself in my bed.

Austine's been quiet for so long, are you dead?

Been busy racking up some cash

Nagnanakaw ka? Sabagay

Nagkasalubong ang kilay ko dahil sa nabasa ko, sa gwapo kong to magnanakaw?

Gago! ano ako ikaw?

Tanga! hindi naman ako si Rayne, na nagnanakaw ng hindi sakanya

Ulol! wala akong ninakaw na kahit ano

Si Hannah, pre ninakaw mo kay Josh. Halos mapatay ka nya na nga

Napatawa ako ng makita ang reply ni Rafael. Matinik sa chicks ang isang to.

I turned off my phone and sat at the edge of my bed when I heard a knock on my door. I sigh in exasperation, I think I already know who that would be.

"Come in,"

The door opened and I saw my father's tall frame entering my room wearing his tuxedo. He looked at me before sighing, he looked at me with his chilly eyes. I scoff mentally, really?

"What did you do?" he asked firmly. His voice bold and rough.

I snorted, crossing my arms around my chest. I shrugged my shoulders, "Nothing." I lazily answered him. I'm just giving back the vibe that he's giving me.

He clicks his tongue, looking so done with me. "Mind your manners young lad when you are talking to your mother."

Mother? That woman who ruined my entire life? I scoff, almost laughing. Fuck.

"Who? My mother is dead."

I saw how his jaw clenched; veins are now protruding in his neck. "Kelan ka magtitino?" he utters with forbearance. He closed the door behind him and walked towards me. Tumayo sya sa harap ko.

"Learn to respect Kianna, she's your mother now."

"And what? pretend like I'm a good son? para san pa?" I sarcastically utter. Tumayo ako sa harap nya at pinantayan ang kanyang malamig na tingin. "I will never accept her as my mother. Baka nakalimutan mong kasalanan nyo kong bakit namatay si M---"

I didn't get to finish my words when my ear rang, sear sensation started creeping in in my left cheek- it burns, his heavy and rough hand landed on my face with an immense force that almost knocked me out of my feet. He slapped me.

"Kuya?

Natigilan ako. Fuck! I looked past his shoulder when I heard someone's gasp. Walang kabuhay-buhay kong tinignan ang ama ko, pati sya ay nagulat ng makita si Elise, na nakatayo sa labas ng kwarto ko. Things got heated so I didn't notice her opening my door.

"Now you've done it," I whisper harshly.

Elise, eyes swelled up with tears, "Daddy? Why did you hit kuya?" I walk past dad and walk towards Elise.

Yumuko ako and patted her head, "Kuya's ok baby, don't cry."

I picked her up and she immediately cupped my face, my eyes twitched because it stings. Her eyes water again, oh no!

"You're hurt," she sobbed. She buried her face in my neck while I caressed her back to try and coax her. "I hate daddy!"

I close my eyes tightly. Damn that father of mine. Elise might be his and Kianna's daughter, but I bear no ill intention towards Elise, Afterall she's still my only sister.

"Elise, come to daddy,"

My father tried to coax Elise, but she refused to leave my side. He sighs and brushes his hair up, clearly frustrated. You brought this upon yourself.

"Hush now Elise, I'm fine don't mind it ok?" I coax. Umahon sya sa leeg ko and softly cupped my face. Lumubo ang bilogan nyang mukha. I caress her hair and fix her bunny hair clip.

"But it looks masakit Kuya," mahina akong napatawa dahil sa kaconyohan nya.

"If you kiss it para mawala ang sakit," nilapit ko ang pisnge ko sakanya. She hesitated at first, but she leans in and softly kissed my cheeks, na para bang natatakot syang saktan ako.

"Pain, pain, go away please never come back," she sang softly with her small and angelic voice. Napangiti ako, I love her more than I love myself.

I should be hating her dahil sya ang bunga ng kasamaang ginawa ng tatay ko at ng nanay nya, resulting for my mother to perished in agony. I witnessed it. I fucking witnessed it.

But for some reason, when I saw her cutely smiling towards me, all that had vanished. I just couldn't accept the fact that my mother is now gone, because of those two loathsome adults.

"No more pain na?" Tumango ako sakanya, and kissed her forehead.

I put her down once na nakarating na kami sa kwarto nya.

She ran to her closet and pulled out some pink box that she'd hidden behind her clothes. I followed her and I saw how she clumsily opened the lid of her box. A small smile tugged at my lips when I saw that it is full of candy, mga candy na binibigay ko sakanya.

Kinuha nya ang mochi at binigay sakin

"Sure kang ibibigay mo sakin to?" I teased her. Ngumuso sya at dahan-dahang tumango.

"I'll give it to you because you're hurt, Yaya Melda said that whenever you're upset eat some candy because it will help lift your mood," I ruffled her hair. Ang daming alam ng batang to.

I crouch down, "Thank you Elise, kuya will eat this," niyakap nya akong muli, mahina akong napatawa when she kissed my forehead.

"Whenever I'm upset you always kiss my forehead, and it made me feel better, so I figured because dad slapped you, you might be upset."

Tanginang tatay to.

"Look Elise, kuya did something wrong also so don't get mad ok?" kinarga ko syang muli. Nilapag ko sya sa kama nya.

"But when I did something wrong you did not slap me. That's not very nice, just because one person is in the wrong that doesn't mean na pwede na silang saktan, so daddy is mean!" kinuha nya ang teddy bear na nasa tabi nya lang ang niyakap yun. She's upset.

"Really?" I chuckle.

"Of course!" she screams with conviction.

She then nagged about how dad should apologize to me for hurting me, she's quite upset when she saw me being slapped by our father. It was the first time that she'd witnessed that so I'm sure she's shock.

I stayed by her side until she started drifting off to sleep.

Gabi na kasi, she stayed up late para lang salubongin ako.

Pinatay ko ang ilaw sa kwarto nya, I kissed her forehead before heading out. I sigh and put both of my hands in my pockets. I lean against the wall just outside Elise's room. What should I do?

"Come to the balcony, let's talk," I crane my neck to see the owner of that voice. Father stands at the distance glancing at me seriously.

Tumalikod na sya at naunang maglakad, I heave in exasperation before following him to the balcony.

"Why are you so stubborn?" tsk.

"Well maybe I took after you that's why," I shrugged my shoulders. Gosh this is boring.

"You should know how to respect your mother, you're not a kid anymore Austine," agad na napantig ang tenga ko.

My hands balled into a fist; my jaw clenched as my blood boiled but I restrained myself.

"Like I said, my mom is dead," kalmado ngunit madiing saad ko.

Nilingon nya ako, "Kianna, she's your new mom,"

Putangina.

"Why the hell you always pushed me to accept her as my mother? Dad, tangina! isa lang ang nanay ko at yun ay patay na dahil sa kagagohang ginawa mo!!" I snapped. "She will never be my mom,"

"You!!! how can you be so disrespectful?!!" he yelled at me.

"And how can you be so shameless? you have no idea how much mom suffered because of you, and now you're what? demanding me to just accept her? Putangina!!" I shouted back. Nakakuyom ang mga kamao ko, habang matalim syang tinitignan.

"You can't force someone to just do whatever you want. Wala akong respeto? sige! edi wala! but no, kahit ano pang sabihin mo isa lang ang nanay ko at yun ay pinatay mo." I roughly utter, making sure na ramdam nya ang puot at galit na nararamdaman ko.

Mom should have been alive kong di lang dahil sa taong to. Tumalikod naako at akmang maglalakad na when he pulls me back and slapped me. Tumabingi ang ulo ko dahil sa impact ng pagkakasampal nya saakin.

I laughed bitterly yet somehow harsh; I clicked my jaw before licking my lips. Puta.

"You know what, you're stressing Kianna, I will send you to your grandparents para naman tumino ka," he sighs as if nothing had happened.

Kianna, that damn woman.

I bob my head with a smug smirk tugging my lips.

"Fine, mas gusto ko don kesa dito, nakakasakal. Nakakasakal ka."

And with that I left.

I hate liars, he was acting so sweet in front of my mother, saying that he loved her while cuddling another woman behind her back. He's good at playing with people's emotions and that same reason killed my mom. She suffered because she believed in him.

I saw Kianna standing at the hallway, looking so fucking miserable in her night gown.

"August," She uttered, her voice trembling.

My eyes twitch, "You're not my mom, so don't use that name." I walk past her without sparing her a single glance.

Nakakasakal. Nakakaputangina.